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The Waffle Shop on the corner of South Highland Avenue and Baum Boulevard in East Liberty is known for its talk show that started in 2008.

"Originally, we just wanted to create this community space for people to tell stories, and we sort of used waffles as bait," said producer Terry Boyd.

"It's evolved over the years. At first, when you came in, you were assaulted by cameras and microphones. But now, we built the talk show set, so customers can come in and they can either eat here or just choose to be on the show," said Jon Rubin, shop owner and associate art professor of Carnegie Mellon University.

As many as 6,000 Pittsburghers have been part of the Waffle Shop Show, and Boyd is having mixed feelings that the shop is shutting down.

"We're sort of sorry to see it go, but we're happy on the note that it's leaving on," Boyd said.

Rubin said he will focus on the other restaurant he started, the Conflict Kitchen, which sells food from countries in conflict with the United States.

"We started with Iran, went to Afghanistan, Venezuela. We started a Cuban version. We're doing research for a North Korean version, and it's a chance for Pittsburghers to get introduced to the people and story and culture, behind the headlines that they might be reading," Rubin said.

At present, the Conflict Kitchen is next door to the Waffle Shop and shares its kitchen. But Rubin said it's moving downtown.

The owners of the Waffle Shop also said it was getting too expensive to run a restaurant and a television show.